Potatoes Dumped At Harvey County Landfill in Contamination Scan
Santa Fe Railway plans to dispose of about nine hopper car loads of potatoes at the Harvey County Sanitary Landfill near Newton amid contamination concerns. Officials say four cars were cleared by FDA and Perishable Inspection Agency, but the remaining nine will be dumped to avoid risk.
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Newton
Kansas
Santa Fe
Harvey County
Loren Simmons
Topeka
Simmons
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Chicago
Delbert Miller
Miller
Lewis Boyd
Boyd
Unified School District to remodel five schools for fire safety
School district 373 will remodel Santa Fe Middle School sites along with Lincoln Roosevelt and Washington to close open stairwells and install fire-rated doors and exit signs. The $23,460 project, to be bid soon for Santa Fe, aims for fall completion with summer work at the other sites in 1978. Six photoelectric smoke detectors will trigger alarms district wide.
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Nancy Horst
Unified School District
Clark Whiting
Whiting
State Department of Human Resources
Santa Fe Middle School
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Washington
Santa Fe
Calvin Chandler
Chandler
Santa Fe South
National Spelling Bee Opens With 94 Local Champions
The 50th National Spelling Bee begins as 94 local champions, all under 16, compete for $1,000, a color TV and an engraved plaque. Contestants outspelled about eight million peers to reach Washington, with Dr. Richard Baker presiding in his 17th year as pronouncer.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Washington
Yarborough
Brilliantine
Richard Baker
University of Dayton
Regier Heads Zoning Board In Unanimous Vote
Murray Regier was re-elected chairman and Gary A. Seitz was named secretary by the Joint Board of Zoning Appeals. The board granted a variance to Larry O. Wewer for a one foot side street setback on a corner lot for an addition to his residence after a hearing.
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Joint Board of Zoning Appeals
Murray Regier
Gary A. Seitz
Board of Appeals
Larry O. Wewer
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Winter wheat harvest begins in Kingman and Pratt counties
Farmers in Kingman and Pratt counties join three others in early winter wheat harvest across the south central region. Yields run 28 to 30 bushels per acre with test weights of 58 to 60 pounds, and moisture at 11 to 13 percent due to recent heavy rains. Custom crews are arriving from the south as harvesting expands toward late week.
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Great Bend
Kingman
Pratt
Jim Jay
State Harvest Control Office
Miles Bessler
Kingman County
Sumner
Harper
Barber
Jury Selected In Hutchinson Kidnapping Case
A jury of four women and eight men chosen Tuesday for the trial of Therell Bright Warren a 32 year old Hutchinson man charged with aggravated kidnapping of an 18 year old Burrton girl on June 30 1976 Warrens arrest followed the sheriff investigation into the young woman’s reports A second man awaits trial in connection with the same incidents Names on the jury include Karla J Allen Alice Goering Lois S Goodman Rose A Roberson Ronald W Ewert Ross W Hiebert W Dean Littell Arthur F Lyman Thomas Marshall David O Ray Joseph A Russell Roy H Smith.
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Hutchinson
Burrton
Therell Bright Warren
Karla J. Allen
Alice Goering
Lois S. Goodman
Rose A. Roberson
Ronald W. Ewert
Ross W. Hiebert
W. Dean Littell
Arthur F. Lyman
Thomas Marshall
David O. Ray
Joseph A. Russell
Roy H. Smith
Directory request for Newton clubs leads to the Welcome to Newton edition
The Kansan asks readers to help compile a Newton directory of men’s and women’s clubs listing each organization’s president and secretary. Submissions must reach The Newton Kansan News Department by Friday June 17. contact 283 1500 or write box 268 Newton Kan 67114.
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The
Kansan
Newton
Kansas
Newton Kansan
Kan
Proposal to raise E Ist west of East Lake flood control dam
Whitewater River Watershed Board presents a plan to raise a low section of E First west of East Lake to back the new dam site No 15. County share not yet set. cost around 200000. Budget timing and funding to include watershed and road budgets. Also, commissioners approve 6000 for Passport for Adventure youth program.
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E. Ist
Harvey County
East Lake
County
Whitewater River Watershed Board
Melvin Gradert
E. 1St
Vince Westring
Watershed Board
Cy Lewis
Henry Scrivner
Episcopal Church
Jerry Jones
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Bill Israel
Salina
St. Francis Boys Home
Shaddy ordered back to Larned State Hospital for treatment
Gregory Shaddy, declared cured after a 15 month stay following the 1975 stabbing deaths of his parents, was ordered returned to Larned State Hospital by Judge B Mack Bryant. The court ruled he remains dangerous to himself and others, denying his release.
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Wichita
Gregory Shaddy
Larned State Hospital
B. Mack Bryant
Sedgwick County District Court
Shaddy
Larned
District Attorney’s
Russell Shultz
Kansas
Curt Schneider
Shultz
Alexander Hamilton
George Getz
Karl Targownik
Kansas Reception and Diagnostic Center
Topeka
Targownik
Bryant
Toni Reiz
Weather outlook with warm days and possible thunderstorms
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a slight chance of nocturnal thunderstorms through Thursday. Lows tonight near the mid 60s, Thursday highs in the low 90s, and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain chances about 20 percent tonight.
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Keith O. Rhoades
Scripps-Howard
Jana
Schroeder
Morton Junior High
Vandalia
Ohio
Regier
Michael Irving
Adrien
Kelvin Irving
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